Episode 212: Software for the Holidays

Gnome 40 has a major redesign, a new version of Kdenlive is out adding some much desired pro features, Matrix has some exciting announcments and we discuss the Solar Winds backdoor and give you some alternatives. If this is the time of the year you want to tinker with new projects we have a few in store! -- During The Show -- 00:45 Request for feedback 01:55 Email 1 - How to back up BTRFS to the cloud rsync BTRFS send/recive https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/btrfs-sendreceive-helps-you-move-your-data 04:55 Email 2 - Smart devices cloudfree.shop https://cloudfree.shop/ homeassistant https://www.home-assistant.io/ lutron radiora https://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/WholeHomeSystems/RadioRA2/Overview.aspx 12:00 Are Vlans Good enough? (continued from email 2) 14:40 Email 3 - Bitcoin Don't invest, considered unstable Mining is fun not pratical https://www.coinbase.com/ https://www.blockchain.com/explorer ALternative crypto currencys https://ethereum.org/en/ https://www.getmonero.org/ 23:48 Email 4 - Bluetooth headphones on Linux Mic Not Working A2DP audio out only (high quality) HSP audio out and in (low quality) Check what protocols are supported by your dongle Easiest way to work around this... sudo apt-get install blueman starting from Pulseaudio v. 11.0, it's possible to automatically switch the profile whenever microphone access is requested by the application, but it's disabled by default. Find load-module module-bluetooth-policy line in /etc/pulse/default.pa Change it to load-module module-bluetooth-policy auto_switch=2 You need to reload pulseaudio module after this for the changes to take effect: pulseaudio -k pulseaudio -D Now pulseaudio will switch the device profile to HSP whenever microphone access is requested and change it back to A2DP after stream is closed. 27:29 Pick of the Week Just Perfection! https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/ This extension allows you to disable: OSD Search Dash Workspace Switcher Top Panel App gesture 28:35 Gadget of the Week Gaomon S620 $35 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R77SNX9/ref=ppxyodtbasintitleo07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Karita https://krita.org/en/ 31:02 Gnome 40 Major Design Revamp https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/gnome-40-major-design-revamp GNOME 40 is due for release in March, 2021. 33:45 KdenLive https://kdenlive.org/en/2020/12/kdenlive-20-12-is-out/ Kdenlive 20.12 serves as a new stable release and a new feature release New features same track transitions subtitling tool Effects Another usability improvement is the ability to rename and add/edit the description of custom effects (by new contributor Vivek Yadav.) New Pillar Echo effect for your vertical videos. Crop by padding effect can now be keyframed. New VR 360 and 3D effects for working with 360º and 3D stereoscopic footage. New Video Equalizer for adjusting image brightness, contrast, saturation and gamma. usability Ability to enable/disable normalization of audio thumbnails from track header Ability to delete multiple tracks at once (by Pushkar Kukde) When archiving a project an option was added to archive only clips in the timeline as well as the option choose the compression method between TAR and ZIP. On the backend front the Online Resources tool was ported to qtwebengine (by Andreas Sturmlechner) and downloading wipes, render profiles, titles and wipes defaults to using https. 37:34 Solar Winds https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html Managed Service Provider (MSP) management software march 2020 hack dec 2020 discoverd 47:05 Souk Flatpak App Store for Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/souk-flatpak-app-store-for-linux Souk is co-developed by Felix Häcker, the hands behind a slate of well-made, well-designed GTK apps available for Linux desktops including Shortwave and Fragments, and Christoper Davis, with design input from Tobias Bernard. 50:10 Matrix DMA interoperability open apis bridging (telgram discord slack) Dendrite is up and running on matrix.org Dendrite is second gen Matrix server The server that will be used when they eventually roll a monolithic client server combo that you can just install and start talking ILAGS - Improved landing as a guest One of those things is threading https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/15/dendrite-2020-progress-update 55:00 - cerlean https://cerulean.matrix.org https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/18/introducing-cerulean It’s (currently) a very minimal javascript app - only 2,500 lines of code. Proof of concept - not designed for production use. Microblogging platform / decentralized twitter based on Matrix. 56:06 humble bundle https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/the-steam-winter-sale-2020-is-now-live-plus-a-new-codemasters-humble-bundle Extra Links not covered https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/03/30/new-features-to-core/ https://www.reddit.com/gallery/kh33m8 https://twitter.com/FFmpeg/status/1340698413143224320 https://postmarketos.org/blog/2020/12/19/new-podcast/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/centos-linux-is-gone-but-its-refugees-have-alternatives/ -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! 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